Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
Chapter VII: ### MISCELLANEOUS
46. Power of State Government to discharge and transfer juveniles.
47. Transfers between juvenile homes, etc., under the Act and juvenile homes, etc., of like nature in different parts of India.
48. Transfer of juveniles of unsound mind or suffering from leprosy or addicted to drugs.
49. Placing out on licence.
50. Provision in respect of escaped juveniles.
51. Contribution by parents.
52. Fund.
53. Advisory Board.
54. Visitors.
55. Control of custodian over juvenile.
56. Delinquent juvenile undergoing sentence at commencement of the Act.
57. Appointment of officers.
58. Officers appointed under the Act to be public servants.
59. Procedure in respect of bonds.
60. Delegation of powers.
61. Protection of action taken in good faith.
62. Power to make rules.
63. Repeal and savings.
CHAPTER VII
MISCELLANEOUS
46. Power of State Government to discharge and transfer juveniles.
47. Transfers between juvenile homes, etc., under the Act and juvenile homes, etc., of like nature in different parts of India.
48. Transfer of juveniles of unsound mind or suffering from leprosy or addicted to drugs.
49. Placing out on licence.
50. Provision in respect of escaped juveniles.
51. Contribution by parents.
52. Fund.
53. Advisory Board.
54. Visitors.
55. Control of custodian over juvenile.
56. Delinquent juvenile undergoing sentence at commencement of the Act.
57. Appointment of officers.
58. Officers appointed under the Act to be public servants.
59. Procedure in respect of bonds.
60. Delegation of powers.
61. Protection of action taken in good faith.
62. Power to make rules.
63. Repeal and savings.
104 of 1956.
THE JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT, 1986
No. 53 of 1986
[1st December, 1986.]
An Act to provide for the care, protection, treatment, development and rehabilitation of neglected or delinquent juveniles and for the adjudication of certain matters relating to, and disposition of, delinquent juveniles.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Source: India Code